2011 News

2011 CALA Southeast Chapter Online Election Announcement

My Dear Colleagues,

As you know, the 2011 CALA Southeast (SE) Election had been held from June 14, 2011 to June 28, 2011. After a careful review, the 2011 CALA Southeast (SE) Nomination and Election Committee is very pleased to declare the following election results:

Based on the CALA Statistics, there are total of 35 e-ballots generated and sent. There are total of 21 votes, two of which are incomplete and should probably not be counted. Incomplete e-ballots can be identified by blank value in the “Completed” column in the report.

As a result, 18 votes altogether are counted as effective votes.

Candidate who will fill the position of Vice President (2011-2012):
Luo Zhou
Chinese Studies Librarian
Duke University Libraries
Telephone: 919-660-5803
E-mail: luo.zhou@duke.edu

Taking this opportunity, the 2011 CALA Southeast (SE) Nomination and Election Committee wish to express its very warm congratulations to our new elected chapter officers. You will become new emerging leaders in our CALA Southeast Chapters.

At the same time, the 2011 CALA Southeast (SE) Nomination and Election Committee especially appreciate the active participation and the strong support by Dr. Xiaorong Shao and Dr. Wenxian Zhang. With their remarkable academic and scholarly achievements, the CALA Southeast Chapter will be able to raise its benchmarks to filter out its new emerging pioneers.

A special thank you must also be given to all of CALA Southeast (SE) Chapter members who participated in this online election and executed their rights to select new trustworthy leaders in our chapter.

Finally, let’s celebrate and wish our new chapter leaders will make more contributions and progresses to the CALA and CALA Southeast Chapter.

Nominations and Self-nominations are welcome. All nominees must be current CALA Southeast (SE) Chapter personal members in good standing. Nominations and self-nominations, to be nominated or to seek for the specific position, can be sent directly to Lili Li, Chair of the 2011 CALA Southeast (SE) Chapter Nominating and Election Committee, at lilili@georgiasouthern.edu.

All nominations and self-nominations are due by 5:00p.m. EST., on Tuesday, May 3, 2011.

The CALA Southeast Chapter successfully held its inaugural annual conference at the University of Central Florida, South Lake Campus on April 30, 2011. Please check out some of the presentation slides posted on the conference wiki, where you can also find the link to the chapter flickr page for the conference photos.